Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1344 Training the Army
The military consultation was completed very quickly, and the basic strategy was formulated very early. This time, no major adjustments were made, but the roles and tasks of various people and horses were emphasized again.

After the meeting, Wang Yan hosted a banquet for the generals in the palace and expressed his condolences to them. Then he asked the generals to rush back to prepare as soon as possible to boost their morale, and they will go hunting in Guanzhong after the beginning of spring.

Regarding Liu Shun's obsession with womanizing recently, Wang Yan didn't say much, and he didn't care about his subordinates' taking concubines either.

After all, after the status has risen, power and wealth have grown, there is no crisis, and spiritual pursuits have not yet been pursued, so they are addicted to enjoyment.

The spiritual pursuit and self-discipline ability of nobles don't just come and go, there must be a process of cultivation.

Although Wang Yan didn't say anything about him, he had already decided in his heart that once the war against Jin was over, he would end his term in the local area ahead of schedule and be transferred back to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion to be raised.

After deciding on a strategy to attack gold, all the Ming army could do was wait for the ice and snow to melt, and Wang Yan had fewer things at hand.

In mid-December, Wang Yan, who had been idle for a few days, finally had an event. The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, Han Chaoxuan, never saw Wang Yan. Knowing that the Ming Dynasty could not agree to peace talks, he decided to return to Chang'an.

Since the peace talks were hopeless and the Ming Dynasty insisted on destroying Jin, he had to rush back as soon as possible to make the Jin court prepare to fight with all its strength and stop having illusions about the peace talks.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Yan hinted that Chen Zilong and Qian Bingdeng dug the corner of Hauge's wall and threw an olive branch at Han Chaoxuan, but after Han Chaoxuan realized that peace talks were impossible, he actually ignored Ming Dynasty's release of goodwill. Instead, he decided to go west to Chang'an.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was a big and civilized country, and it would be unreasonable to detain the envoy, so Wang Yan did not prevent Han Chaoxuan from leaving Luoyang, but sent him off in person.

In this way, Han Chaoxuan, who had been in Luoyang for more than two months, waited hard for an interview, and finally saw Wang Yan when he was about to leave.

It was snow-covered outside the posthouse in Luoyang City, Wang Yan sat in his big carriage pulled by five white horses, and under the guard of Yi Zong, stopped outside the posthouse.

Han Chaoxuan, who had just packed up his things and was about to leave, was about to board his carriage when he saw Wang Yan stepping on a stool and getting off the huge carriage with a smile.

"Han Xiang, the lonely king has been busy recently, and he didn't have time to meet his old friend. Today, he learned that Han Xiang is leaving, so he specially sent him off."

When Han Chaoxuan saw Wang Yan walking towards him with a smile, his face immediately darkened, but now he really didn't want to see Wang Yan's face.

Han Chaoxuan looked at Wang Yan's battles, the yellow umbrella cover, and all kinds of flags and flags, and knew that this fellow had no good intentions, so he cupped his hands coldly, "Jianguo is busy with state affairs, so Han will not bother Jianguo."

Han Chaoxuan arched his hands, waved his sleeves after speaking, turned around and was about to get into the carriage, but Wang Yan stepped forward, grabbed his wrist, and said with a smile: "Gu and Xianglai Han are old acquaintances, we still want to give them away .”

Han Chaoxuan frowned, wishing to spit a mouthful of old phlegm on Wang Yan's face. He waved his hand violently, trying to break free, but Wang Yan smiled and pulled him to his side.

Wang Yan squeezed hard, pinching Han Chaoxuan's painful face, "Let's go, take Gu's carriage, and Gu will personally send Prime Minister Han out of the city."

After all, Wang Yan has served in the army for several years, and he still insists on wielding swords and swords, and his body is no less than that of ordinary generals.

With great strength, he pulled Han Chaoxuan, who looked like a shriveled old man, to his side, almost half-dragging him, and stuffed him into the carriage.

All Han Chaoxuan's followers were dumbfounded, surprised that there was such a thing, this guy is the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty.

After getting on the frame, five white horses dragged Wang Yan and Han Chaoxuan across the city, and they didn't stop until they reached the ten-mile long pavilion outside Luoyang city.

At this time, Wang Yan asked someone to prepare drinks for Han Chaoxuan's farewell party. He asked him to compose a poem about parting, as if the two were very close.

Han Chaoxuan was well aware of Wang Yan's sinister intentions, and he would not drink his wine, listen to his sour poems, never say a word, and faced each other with a cold face, until Wang Yan also found it boring, and then let him go.

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Han Chaoxuan returned to Chang'an and brought back the news that the peace talks had broken down.

This was expected by everyone, but it was still somewhat unacceptable, but since the war was inevitable, the Kingdom of Jin would not be captured without a fight, and the only thing left was a showdown.

At this time, the news of the Ming army's invasion of northern Shaanxi had spread to the vicinity of Chang'an, and the reforms implemented by Yu Yin were severely hit due to external influences.

The Kingdom of Jin was almost over, and the Great Gold and Silver Company naturally could not gain people's recognition, its reputation gradually crumbled, and no one accepted the bank notes it issued.

If the Kingdom of Jin does not win a battle and re-establish the confidence of the people in Guanzhong, then there will be no improvement in the bank accounts, and the economic revitalization of the Kingdom of Jin will not be completed.

The Dajinyinhao did not stimulate the recovery of Jinguo's business, but increased the turmoil in the hearts of the people, and some banks that did not participate in the cotton speculation were also run on.

The Kingdom of Jin is facing the danger of destroying the country, which in itself is a collapse of the country's reputation. Yu Yin's plan is based on the fact that the Kingdom of Jin can separate itself from Guanzhong, but at this time the people obviously lack confidence in this.

Many plans formulated by the Kingdom of Jin could not be implemented, and even the transportation of cloth to the Western Regions in exchange for cattle and sheep was affected by the wind and snow.

The country of Jin, which is on the verge of desperation, can only directly manage some important resources, especially food, and carry out quantitative rationing, abandoning the collapsed commodity economy.

In this way, except for a small number of ruling classes, the rich and the poor in Jin Kingdom can only implement rationing, and it is difficult to buy food even if they have money.

This offends the rich, but the rich are only a minority after all, Jin Guo has no choice but to do this.

At this time, Yu Yin went to the Western Regions, Meng Qiaofang was busy retaking northern Shaanxi, and Hauge began to preside over the political affairs of the Jin Kingdom court again.

After Han Chaoxuan came back, Kong Wenkui and others in the cabinet were afraid of his collusion with Wang Yan, and they excluded him to a certain extent.

Hauge was also not at ease, and took advantage of the situation to seize a lot of power from Han Chaoxuan, but Han Chaoxuan did not fight against Hauge this time, but accepted Hauge's arrangement and concentrated on making suggestions for Jin Guo.

At this time of crisis, the Kingdom of Jin really needs a strong core figure to lead it. If it continues to argue like before, it will only further disperse the national power of the Kingdom of Jin.

At this time, the plan of Jin Guo to rescue the market and resume work in various workshops has basically been difficult to deliver. The Ming army does not know when it will hit Chang'an. Unemployment of more people.

The current situation of the Kingdom of Jin made Hauge very uneasy. The Kingdom of Jin itself was not powerful enough, and now the power was still divided into several parts.

Hauge's internal affairs are not good, and he still has some experience in war. He knows that poking with five fingers does not hurt.

He will never forget how the Jianzhou Jurchens rose to prominence, but at that time the Jurchens had nothing, and now the Kingdom of Jin has a huge business. It can be said that the family has a big business, but it cannot be as decisive as it was when Saarhu was.

A small boat is easy to turn around, but a big boat is difficult.To take back the five fingers means to give up too much family property, and this ordinary person is really reluctant.

Outside the city of Chang'an, the original textile workshop has now become the military camp of the Kingdom of Jin, where a large number of troops and volunteers made up of unemployed hired workers are stationed here.

Of course, they can't have any military pay, but they have food to eat, and their families can also get a ration first.As for the others, they can only drink porridge and eat dirt.

The current national policy of the Kingdom of Jin is to first maintain the military pay and food supply of 25 officers and soldiers, secondly to ensure that the troops and volunteers have food to eat, and finally to ensure that the common people have porridge to drink.

At this time, there were more than 20 soldiers and volunteers near Chang'an. The Kingdom of Jin cut down trees to make ordnance near Chang'an. The big bells and Buddha statues in the Xiangguo Temple outside the city were melted down to make gun heads, firecrackers and cannons. .

For the past two months, Hauge has been in the barracks almost every day, training with the soldiers and volunteers, and even eating and living together. He has boosted morale and inspired people, making the barracks and Chang'an City present two different atmospheres.

The entire Guanzhong was desolate and lifeless, but the demoralized troops and hired workers in the barracks gradually showed a fighting spirit.

This is mainly because there is a comparison. Compared with the common people outside the military camp, they can at least have enough to eat.

Hauge came outside the city as usual on this day. On the school grounds, Sony was training [-] soldiers. Although these people had received some training, they were essentially a group of farmers and a mob. After more than two months of training, the garrison army has barely taken shape, at least it looks like an army.

"Swing the spear! Thrust!"

Soni walked among the crowd, raising his arms and yelling orders, ten thousand soldiers raised their spears and stabbed out together, the movements were uniform and quite spectacular.Spears are cheap to manufacture and consume the least amount of iron, so they are the main weapons for the garrison.

Haoge, Han Chaoxuan and others stood outside the school grounds, watching the soldiers assassinate, and they were already looking good.

Han Chaoxuan saw this and said: "Your Majesty, if you practice for a few more months, the army and bravery will be of great use."

Hauge was not as optimistic as he was. In his opinion, although the soldiers wielded their spears very neatly and powerfully, and even mixed with hatred for the Ming Dynasty, a group of soldiers had never been on the battlefield and had only experienced more than two months of reinforcements. The trained farmers cannot be called the army, they are still just putting on airs.

And even if it was such a show, Jin Guo didn't have time to practice anymore.

Hauge stared at the school grounds and shook his head, "There is no time. King Yongping's [-] troops are trapped under the two cities of Suide and Wubao, and the siege consumes a lot of money. These troops must be sent to northern Shaanxi as soon as possible to participate in the siege. , and take northern Shaanxi back."

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